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Can Mentorship Make Customer Advisory Boards More Valuable?
Visit Greater Palm Springs has teamed up with PCMA to launch an advisory board that pairs veteran planners with emerging professionals.
AI Is Making Human Connection More Valuable
Two different Convene Podcast conversations recorded months apart, one with future-of-work researchers Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer and another with AI strategist Álvaro Meléndez, arrived at a similar conclusion: As AI accelerates information abundance, it only makes the value of live events, trust, and human connection more pronounced.
An Immersive Learning Experience for Physician Attendees
The European Congress of Radiology’s 2026 annual meeting used its venue’s built-in 3D and LED capabilities to to bring ancient Greek mythology — and the program’s “Rays of Knowledge” theme — to life.
The Art of Connecting
How Adam Rosendahl’s Late Nite Art workshops use storytelling, music, and drawing to help attendees break down barriers, connect in new ways and unleash creativity.
Research: Trade Shows Remain Top Marketing Investment
The “Marketing Spend Decision Report,” CEIR’s latest research, gives the exhibitions industry a shot of confidence.
Factoring Art Into Meeting Design
Two conferences — the Joint Mathematics Meetings and Bridges — help mathematicians explore the connection between math and art.
Convene’s Annual Salary Survey: How Are Business Events Industry Professionals Faring?
The Salary Survey is now open — and we want to hear about your compensation, workload, career growth, and workplace expectations to help paint a picture of the industry.
Why ‘Belonging Is Not Downloaded, It Is Experienced’
Cultural strategist José Luis Piñeiro explains why live events, once considered communication tools, are becoming something much bigger — “behavioral architecture” that shapes belonging, identity, and collective meaning.
Make Milestone Moments Matter
Five events industry experts share how to plan your organization’s milestone, like a significant anniversary, so it honors the past while pointing the way toward the future.
What ‘All the Feels’ Means for Meetings
The recent opening keynote of the American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo was a master class in how to make an authentic emotional connection with the audience — and came as a complete surprise to the speaker.
Registration Lags as Math Scholars Look to Boycott Major Congress in U.S.
For the first time in four decades, the International Congress of Mathematicians is being held in the United States in July — but a grassroots movement to relocate the meeting is gaining traction and dividing members around the globe.
Research Report: What We’re Getting Wrong About Education Sessions
Freeman’s latest trends report tackles the learning experience, revealing some major disconnects between what event organizers think attendees want from — and get out of — education sessions and what they say they actually care about.